Kinghorn

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.

Proper noun

Kinghorn (countable and uncountable, plural Kinghorns)

1. A town and civil parish of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2686).
2. A community in the township of King, Ontario, Canada.
3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kinghorn is the 22450^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1146 individuals. Kinghorn is most common among White (93.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kinghorn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 307.